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D. B. EASTBURN;

BALE TIE.

Patented Sept. 5, 1882.

WIT/[8858. flZMxw UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID B. EASTBURN, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T MARVINCAMPBELL, OF SAME PLACE.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,031, datedSeptember 5, 1882.

Application filed July 22, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID B. EASTBURN, acitizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county ofSt. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bale-Tie Fastenings; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full and clear description ot the same, whereby thoseskilled in the art to which my invention be- IO longs may be enabled tomake and usethe same,

a reference heinghad to the aecompanyingdrawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention consists of a plate of sheet metal or wire sliding freelyatits two ends within a loop at one end of the bale-tie, the object ofthis plate sliding within the loop being to engage and securely hold theother end of the bale-tie. The other end of the tie may be prepared invarious ways and locked about or to the sliding plate in different ways,the novelty and efficiency of the device (a sliding plate in a loop)being the same.

Figures 2, 4, 5, and 6 show the sliding plate used in different ways tolock the other end of the tie. Figs. 1 and 3 show the construction ofparts of Figs. 2 and 4 disconnected. I have shown the tie in Figs. 5 and6 as locked together.

I will now describe each figure in detail. 0 In Fig. 1 the end A has theloop a, in which is the sliding plate 11, the plate provided with anotch at or near its center. The end B is tied in a knot or may have across-piece of iron or wood, or have the end 0 enlarged in any way 3 5preferred by the maker. To look these two ends together, pass the knot 0through the loop a in front of the plate I) and a little beyond theplate, drop the wire 13 into the notch in the plate, and draw forward,and the fastening is 40 complete and secure, as shown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 3 the main band is of hoop-iron or sheet metal. Theloop a on theend A is of wire, and within it the sliding plate b. The end B simplyhas .its end turned back upon itself,

5 forming the hook c. To look together these ends, pass the end Bthrough the loop a back of the plate b, then in drawing it forward passthe hook 0 over the plate b and under the loop a in front of the plate,and the fastening will be secure and complete, as shown in Fig. 4. 0

In Fig. 5 the sliding plate I) in the loop a is provided with a tongueat or near its center. The end B is provided witha loop, 0. To fastentogether these ends, pass t-heloop cthrough the loop a in front of theplate I), and hook it over the tongue in the plate b, when the fasteningwill be complete.

In Fig. 6 the construction is the same as Fig.

'3, and the locking the same as Fig. 4, except that the band is of wireinstead of sheet metal.

In all of these figures it will be observed that after the fastening iscompleted the tension upon the ends of the bale-tie, caused by theexpansion of the material in the bale, tends to draw the plate I) to thefront and against the front of the loop a. The stronger the tension themore tightly is the plate drawn, and the more tightly the plate is drawnthe more securely is the end B held to its fastenings, as will be notedby an examination of any or all 0 of the figures.

What I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States, is

1. In a bale-tie, an end provided with the plate b, sliding looselywithin the loop a, forthe purpose of engaging and holding the other endof the tie, substantially as shown and described in the abovespecification.

2. In a bale-tie, the combination of the knot 0, plate b, and loop a,substantially as shown in Fig. 2.

3. In a baletie, the combination of the book a, plate I), and loop a,substantially as shown in Figs. 4 and 6.

4. In a bale-tie, the combination of the loop a, plate I), and loop a,substantially as shown in Fig. 5.

In'testimony that I claim the invention as above described I havehereunto set my hand.

DAVID B. EASTB URN.

Witnesses:

WM. T. GARSKADDEN, J only M. BROWN.

